"I won't even please you, Alexander. You'll be the one begging for me."

***

"I won't beg, Alexander..." Helen scoffed. "I won't beg for my life." she added, desperately.

Kahit anong gawin mo sa akin, hindi mo ako mapipigilan na ilayo ang anak ko sa iyo. Wala kang karapatang akuin ang anak ko.

"I don't know, why reject me now?" Alexander asked, creasing his forehead. "I can't kill you, I confessed. What else do you want me to do?"

Helen's heart skipped a beat. She could feel the sadness in his tone but she just ignore it. She doesn't want to be involve with him. Hindi niya maaaring mahalin ang taong nakahuli sa kaniya at mas lalong ayaw niyang may mabuo na kahit anong nararamdaman sa puso niya.

"You don't need to do anything, Alexander..." pranka nito.

Alexander was desperate enough to take her down. "You won't get away with me, Helen... mark my words. You've been tainted by me, I claimed you already. You will be the one begging for me. I swear it."

Helen just shrugged her shoulder and push him away.

"I won't even please you, Alexander. You'll be the one begging for me." she said and turned her back on him. "Just don't make it obvious that you're in love with me, it won't even count."

Alexander crumpled his fist because of annoyance and rejection. "Upon living with me, you'll taste your own medicine, my lady..." he uttered. "I'll bend my knees until you can't resist me anymore."

"Let's see, Alexander. Let's see who would make it to the end."

And with that, Helen walked out and went to the Garden. She took a chance to leave him because she don't know what to feel anymore. Her heart beat so fast and she couldn't even stop it now.

Halos kapos ang kaniyang paghinga habang hawak ang dibdib niya. Sadyang kinakabahan na siya sa maaaring gawin sa kaniyang ng binata ngunit kabaliktaran yata ang gustong mangyari ng binata sa kaniya.

"Fuck you, Alexander... fuck yourself, bastard." inis na bulalas ni Helen. "I will make you bend your knees and crawl..." she uttered, cursing him.

Nagpupuyos siya sa inis. Wala siyang kawala sa binata. Nais niyang tumakas ngunit nagdagdag ng seguridad si Alexander sa buong mansyon. Naghihintay na lamang siya ng balita mula sa kaniyang mga kasamahan ngunit paano siya makakakilos kung lahat ng gadget na hawak niya ay nasa kamay ni Alexander.

Nagpapapadyak na lamang siya para pakalmahin ang kaniyang sarili bago muling pumasok sa loob ng mansyon. Naabutan na lamang niya ang binata na may kausap sa living room na babae at nagtaas na lamang siya ng kilay at nilampasan ito.

Bakas ang galit sa mukha niya nang makarating siya sa kusina. Padabog siyang naghahanda ng tanghalian. Hindi niya maintindihan kung ano ang kaniyang nararamdaman.

Naghalo ang inis at galit na nararamdaman niya. Hindi niya malaman kung kay Alexander ba na may kausap na ibang babae o dahil sa sarili niya... dahil buntis siya?

"Maghalikan pa kayo kung gusto mo! Bwesit ka, tangina mo!" palihim niyang pagmumura habang nagluluto ng adobong manok.

Ilang beses pa siyang nagmura hanggang sa may biglang nagsalita sa likuran niya dahilan para umamba siya ng suntok.

"What are you talking?"

"Putangina mo, Alexander!" inis na bulyaw niya nang makaharap ito. "What the fuck are you doing here?" malamig na tanong niya.

Alexander creased his forehead. "What? Am I not allowed to get some water?"

She just rolled her eyes, annoyed. "Then get a glass of water and go away!" she pushed him.

"Are you mad?" he asked.

"No," she replied.

"Jealous, then?" he assumed.

She raised a brow. "I am not," may diin na sagot nito habang nakatingin sa binata. "Why would I be jealous? For whom? Just cut the crap and move away." she added still her voice was rasped.

Alexander chuckled. "You look like a jealous wife..." he teased her even more.

Kumuyom ang kamao ni Helen. "If you won't stop babbling nonsense words, I'll make your mouth bloody..." she dangerously muttered. "Go away! You're annoying and I don't want to see your fucking presence! Why not go out and fuck that woman in your fucking bed room?" she said, sarcasm flashes her voice.

Alexander was just stopping himself not to laugh. He was being bombarded by her words. He wasn't even expecting her talking about something that will caught him off guard.

"What the hell? I won't fuck that woman!" he hissed, annoyed already. "What the actual fuck are you talking about, Helen? I set you free, I didn't even chain you again and now? You're being irrational－"

"I am not being irrational, Adamos!" she cut him off. "You know what? Just get out of my sight an fucked that woman you are with and don't fucking show your face to me－"

She didn't finished talking when Alexander's lips met hers. Her eyes widened as he deepened the kiss while holding her nape.

She tried to push him but she can't. The kiss is turning her on. She's being weak with his deep kisses. He bit her lip as she opened up and let him invade her mouth.

"Fuck..." he cursed. "Just tell me if you're jealous, baby..." he added, breathing heavily.

Helen was out of breath, don't know what to say anymore. She was being irritated right now. Pero isang halik lang ni Alexander, lambot na lambot ang tuhod niya.

She looked at him, annoyingly. "I am not fucking jealous," she blurted.

"You're jealous, aren't you?" he teased, caressing the side of her waist. "Just tell me you're jealous and I will cuddle you all night," he added.

She rolled her eyes, still the madness in her eyes. "Just fuck the woman, alright?! I am not jealous. Marry her either!" her voice sounds irritated.

Alexander just chuckled at the sight of her annoying face.

"Baby, you still don't get it, do you?" Alexander flashes his smile. "I won't fuck any woman. I won't even marry them either. So, stop pushing me to make stuff like that." he said, his tone has assurance.

Helen just turned her back on him and decided to stir the food that she's cooking. She couldn't even think properly. Kailangan niya ng tahimik na lugar para makapag-isip.

Hindi niya hahayaan ang sarili na mahulog sa kung anomang patibong ang nakalatag sa harapan niya. Hindi isang Alexander Adamos ang makakapagpaluhod sa kaniya.

"Stop playing around, Alexander..." she just mumbled. "Yes, you fucked me, you even kissed me and you even let me out of the chains. Thank you for that but stop fooling me around, I am not going to buy that."

Naramdaman na lamang ni Helen ang pagpulupot ng kamay ni Alexander sa kaniyang baywang at hinaplos-haplos pa 'yon.

"Don't you get it, don't you?" he whispered.

She shook her head. "I don't even get your point, so stop fooling me." may diin sa boses nito.

She could feel his hot and minty breath on her neck but she just closed her eyes then oprn them once again as she finally turned off the stove.

"Go back to your woman, Alexander..." naging mahina na ang kaniyang tono. "...she's waiting for you. Just go back to her."

Alexander heaved a deep sigh. Pinaharap niya ang dalaga. Sa una, nagpumiglas si Helen ngunit napilitan lang rin siyang humarap rito.

Alexander cupped her face.

"Don't you get it, baby?" he asked, eye to eye contact with her. "I want to marry but not with someone else... do you want to know who I would like to marry?"

She swallowed hard, as she looked away. No words escape to her mouth. She's just silent.

"It's you... you're the one I want to marry," a words escape from his lips, smiling for a reason at all. "You're the one I want to spend the rest of my life with."